Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 182 of 1994 - SECT 13

13. Section 20A of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (1) ", before the end of the period
        specified in the order in accordance with subparagraph 19B(1)(d)(i) or
        20(1)(a)(i) or before the completion of the sentence or the last to be
        served of the sentences imposed under paragraph 20(1)(b),";

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a failure by a person to comply with a
condition of an order (other than a failure constituted by the commission by
the person of an offence) unless the information is laid before the end of the
period for which the person is required by the order to give security to be of
good behaviour.";

   (c)  by inserting before subparagraph (5)(c)(i) the following
        subparagraphs:

"(ia) impose on the person a monetary penalty of not more than $1000; or
(ib) subject to subsection (5A), amend the order so as to extend the period
for which the person is required to give security to be of good behaviour; or
(ic) revoke the order and make an order under section 20AB; or";

   (d)  by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsections:

"(5A) The court may not, under subparagraph (5)(c)(ib), extend a period so
that the period as extended would be more than 5 years.



"(5B) If a court, under subparagraph (5)(c)(ib), amends an order made in
respect of a person under paragraph 20(1)(b), the security given by the person
under that subsection is, by this section, taken to be a security that the
person will be of good behaviour for the period stated in the order as
amended.".